1.
You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.
Clive Owen
2.
I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.
Clive Owen
3.
Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.
Clive Owen
4.
I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.
Clive Owen
5.
It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
Clive Owen
6.
I always want my options to be open.
Clive Owen
7.
I'm always very aware of the physical challenges of work. I train much more than I did when I was in my twenties, and I've done some very physical films, and I always get properly prepared for them and get as fit as I can.
Clive Owen
8.
Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.
Clive Owen
9.
You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.
Clive Owen
10.
The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.
Clive Owen
11.
I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.
Clive Owen
12.
I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.
Clive Owen
13.
A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.
Clive Owen
14.
I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.
Clive Owen
15.
As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.
Clive Owen
16.
Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.
Clive Owen
17.
I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for me. I don't want to do too many.
Clive Owen
18.
I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.
Clive Owen
19.
If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book.
Clive Owen
20.
I guess I'm not that metrosexual. My bathroom cabinet is hardly overflowing with products. I only really have my stuff for shaving. I can't honestly say I moisturise, though I probably should.
Clive Owen
21.
You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.
Clive Owen
22.
The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.
Clive Owen
23.
I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.
Clive Owen
24.
For me really good acting is about subtext.
Clive Owen
25.
Acting is all about likability.
Clive Owen
26.
I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making.
Clive Owen
27.
Good dialogue is very important.
Clive Owen
28.
After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.
Clive Owen
29.
For an actor, it's very important to get a clear idea of what a director wants, and their intention for what they want to get out of a scene and how they want to shoot it. Having that knowledge is really valuable, for an actor. It means you can deliver more.
Clive Owen
30.
I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.
Clive Owen
31.
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
Clive Owen
32.
The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute something exactly. You do it away from people and then you present it at the end.
Clive Owen
33.
I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.
Clive Owen
34.
As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.
Clive Owen
35.
The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.
Clive Owen
36.
I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work.
Clive Owen
37.
Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.
Clive Owen
38.
Rudeness can make me angry.
Clive Owen
39.
When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.
Clive Owen
40.
If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.
Clive Owen
41.
Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.
Clive Owen
42.
As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.
Clive Owen
43.
I was at the birth of my two girls.
Clive Owen
44.
Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.
Clive Owen
45.
The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.
Clive Owen
46.
I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.
Clive Owen
47.
I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.
Clive Owen
48.
I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.
Clive Owen
49.
I was very keen on playing a victim.
Clive Owen
50.
There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.
Clive Owen
